# 旋

| 旋 | U+65CB, &#26059; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65CB |
| ← 旊 [U+65CA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 旌 → [U+65CC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

旋 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人弓人 (YSONO), four-corner 0828$_1$, composition ⿸𭤨疋 or ⿰方𭻾)

#### Derived characters

* 嫙, 𢕐, 𢳄, 漩, 𭥄, 暶, 𣎓, 㯀, 𱬊, 璇, 䁢, 䃠, 𧜽, 縼, 𰬵, 𧐗, 鏇, 镟, 𩘶, 𩠍, 䲂
* 蔙, 𰕯, 𢄲, 𰘡, 𥪱, 䗠, 𪍧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 483, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13656
* Dae Jaweon: page 845, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2181, character 4
* Unihan data for U+65CB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 旋 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans |
| 漩 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans |
| 璇 | *sɢʷan |
| 琁 | *sɢʷan |
| 蜁 | *sɢʷan |
| 嫙 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans |
| 鏇 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans |
| 縼 | *sɢʷans |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 㫃 (“flag”) + 疋 (“foot”). Like the waving of a flag in the wind, represents turning around of a foot, or rotating.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xuán (xuan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xuan$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xyon$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sièn / hièn / hiàn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌ing
* Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng$^2$ / syeng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): soân / chn̂g / sn̂g
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suêng$^5$ / suang$^5$ / zeng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$
*** Yale: sywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sywánr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
*** Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɑɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyan²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^4$
*** Yale: syùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬun⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xyon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyɵn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn / hièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˇ$ / hien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^2$ / hian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en¹¹/, /hi̯en¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn / hiàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˇ$ / hian$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^2$ / hian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en¹¹/, /hi̯an¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɛn¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌ing
*** Sinological IPA : /syiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
*** Sinological IPA : /suoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
*** Tâi-lô: suân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /suan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: tsn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zngg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: sn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sngg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /sŋ̍²⁴/
* soân - literary;
* chn̂g, sn̂g - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit旋 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕyan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕyan²⁴/ 周～ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕyan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕyã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /syã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /syan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕyã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕyã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕyan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕyɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕyan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiɛn²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyan³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕian²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiɛ̃³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /syen²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕyĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕye⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕye̞¹³/ ～轉 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕye³¹/ ～轉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑi²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ziɪ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹³/ /d͡ʑiẽ̞²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jy²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰye⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /siɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /siẽ¹³/ /t͡siẽ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕyẽ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕyɵn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰion⁵³/ 髮～ /sien¹¹/ ～轉 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sien¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /syn²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ɬyn²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /syn²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /suan³⁵/ /sŋ̍³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /suoŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡syiŋ⁴⁴/ /syiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /suaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tuaŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: zjwen
Rime :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似宣切 |
| Baxter | zjwen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwian/ |
| Li Rong | /ziuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭwɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjwen › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-ɢʷen/ |
| English | turn around; return |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14043 |
| Phonetic component | 旋 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 旋 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɢʷan/ |

#### Definitions

旋
* to revolve; to turn
* to return; to go back; to come home
* circle; loop; cycle
* immediately
* (Classical) to urinate

#### Compounds

* 不旋踵 (bùxuánzhǒng)
* 不足回旋
* 主旋律 (zhǔxuánlǜ)
* 亂旋 / 乱旋
* 便旋
* 假意周旋
* 僅容旋馬 / 仅容旋马
* 凱旋 / 凯旋 (kǎixuán)
* 凱旋門 / 凯旋门 (kǎixuánmén)
* 反氣旋 / 反气旋 (fǎnqìxuán)
* 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
* 周旋到底
* 回旋 (huíxuán)
* 回旋梯
* 壇坫週旋 / 坛坫周旋
* 天旋地轉 / 天旋地转 (tiānxuándìzhuǎn)
* 天旋日轉 / 天旋日转
* 從中斡旋 / 从中斡旋
* 急旋旋
* 戰不旋踵 / 战不旋踵
* 打旋
* 打旋磨
* 打盤旋 / 打盘旋
* 敗不旋踵 / 败不旋踵
* 斡旋 (wòxuán)
* 旋乾轉坤 / 旋干转坤
* 旋光性 (xuánguāngxìng)
* 旋兒 / 旋儿 (xuánr)
* 旋即 (xuánjí)
* 旋室
* 旋宮 / 旋宫
* 旋床 (xuànchuáng)
* 旋律 (xuánlǜ)
* 旋旋
* 旋木雀
* 旋毛蟲 / 旋毛虫
* 旋石
* 旋繞 / 旋绕 (xuánrào)
* 旋翼
* 旋胡
* 旋螺
* 旋踵 (xuánzhǒng)
* 旋車盤 / 旋车盘
* 旋轉 / 旋转
* 旋轉乾坤 / 旋转干坤
* 旋轉球 / 旋转球
* 旋轉餐廳 / 旋转餐厅
* 旋轉體 / 旋转体
* 旋辟
* 旋里
* 槃旋 (pánxuán)
* 機不旋踵 / 机不旋踵
* 死不旋踵
* 氣旋 / 气旋 (qìxuán)
* 疾如旋踵
* 盤旋 / 盘旋 (pánxuán)
* 盤旋曲折 / 盘旋曲折
* 禍不旋踵 / 祸不旋踵
* 胡旋舞 (húxuánwǔ)
* 螺旋 (luóxuán)
* 螺旋槳 / 螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)
* 螺旋狀 / 螺旋状
* 螺旋菌
* 螺旋體 / 螺旋体 (luóxuántǐ)
* 計不旋踵 / 计不旋踵
* 輪旋曲 / 轮旋曲
* 迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)
* 迴旋曲 / 回旋曲 (huíxuánqǔ)
* 逐旋
* 鈞旋轂轉 / 钧旋毂转
* 錦旋 / 锦旋
* 面旋
* 髮旋 / 发旋 (fàxuán)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$
*** Yale: sywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuànr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuànr
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sywànr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
*** Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit旋 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕyan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕyan⁵³/ ～車軸 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕyã²¹/ ～子 |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | |
| Mandarin | Xining | |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | |
| Mandarin | Kunming | |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | |
| Mandarin | Hefei | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕye̞³⁵/ ～風 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕye⁵⁵/ ～風 |
| Wu | Shanghai | |
| Wu | Suzhou | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | |
| Hui | Shexian | |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | |
| Cantonese | Nanning | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | |
* Middle Chinese: zjwenH
Rime :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 辝戀切 |
| Baxter | zjwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ziuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷans/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjwen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-ɢʷen-s/ |
| English | whorl of hair on the head |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14052 |
| Phonetic component | 旋 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㳬 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɢʷans/ |

#### Definitions

旋
* revolving; turning; circling
* at the time
* Alternative form of 鏇 (xuàn, “to pare”)
* Alternative form of 鏇 (xuàn, “hot water container for warming wine”)
* Internet slang written form of 楦 (xuàn, “to stuff into mouth to eat”)
    alt. forms: 炫

#### Compounds

* 旋子 (xuànzǐ)
* 旋風 / 旋风 (xuànfēng)
* 旋風腳 / 旋风脚
* 旋風裝 / 旋风装
* 溫帶氣旋 / 温带气旋 (wēndài qìxuán)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuán (xuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dun$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhion
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qion$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soe$^5$ / syⁿ$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chūiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng$^7$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn$^5$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): xyen$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$
*** Yale: sywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: sywánr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
*** Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɑɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyun$^6$
*** Yale: jyuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jun$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tun³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhion
*** Hakka Romanization System: qion
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qion$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qion$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiɔn⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soe$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬø²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syⁿ$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬỹ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
*** Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chūiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsuīnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zvui
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suĩ²²/
*** IPA (Yilan): /t͡suĩ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zeng$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̄ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯŋ¹¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zienn$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡si̯ẽ²¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: xyen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn³³/
* Middle Chinese: zjwenH
Rime :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 辝戀切 |
| Baxter | zjwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ziuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷans/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjwen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-ɢʷen-s/ |
| English | whorl of hair on the head |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 旋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14052 |
| Phonetic component | 旋 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㳬 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɢʷans/ |

#### Definitions

旋
* whorl on the head

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 髮旋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 旋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 旋兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 旋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 旋兒, 頭髮旋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 旋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 旋, 頭髮旋兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 旋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 旋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 旋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 頂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 旋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 旋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 串 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 頭髮轉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 腦殼轉 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頭轉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 旋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 旋兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 旋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 旋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 㾭禾旋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 頭那毛轉 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 毛旋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 旋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 腦頂 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 旋 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 旋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 旋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 旋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 旋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 旋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 旋 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 旋 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 淵 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭腡, 旋腡, 腡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 旋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 旋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 旋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 旋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 旋 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 旋 |

### References

* “旋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “旋”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: めぐる (meguru, 旋る)、ゆばり (yubari)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 旋 (MC zjwen|zjwenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 션〯 (syěn) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 旋 (eumhun 돌 선 (dol seon))
* hanja form of 선 (“revolve”)

#### Compounds

* 개선 (凱旋, gaeseon, “a triumphant return”)
* 나선 (螺旋, naseon, “a helix, a spiral”)
* 선풍 (旋風, seonpung, “whirlwind”)
* 선회 (旋回, seonhoe, “revolution; rotation”)
* 알선 (斡旋, alseon, “recommendation”)
* 주선 (周旋, juseon, “arrangement”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

旋: Hán Nôm readings: toàn, triệng, trình, triền, tuyền, xoan, xoăn, xoắn
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.